Chico Community Observatory, Chico

Name: Chico Community Observatory
Address: 1 Observatory Way, Chico, 95973, United States
Telephone: (530) 343-5635

#5 among attractions in Chico

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Facts and practical information

The Chico Community Observatory, also known as the Anita Ingrao Observatory, is a non-profit astronomical observatory owned and operated by Kiwanis Club of Greater Chico. It is located in Chico, California's upper Bidwell Park. Entrance to the observatory is free as the facility operates on donations and volunteers. ()

Established: 2001 (23 years ago)Coordinates: 39°46'16"N, 121°46'59"W

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1 Observatory WayChico 95973 United States

Contact

(530) 343-5635

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Chico Community Observatory – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Chico Air Museum, Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park, Honey Run Covered Bridge, Chico Midtown Station.

4.6 miNW
Museum, Specialty museum
Chico Air Museum, Chico
117 min walk • The Chico Air Museum is a nonprofit aviation museum located at the Chico Municipal Airport in Chico, California. Its mission statement is to "collect, preserve, document and display aircraft, and aviation and space artifacts.
4.2 miSW
Museum, Historical place, Regional park
Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park, Chico
107 min walk • Bidwell Mansion, located at 525 Esplanade in Chico, California, was the home of General John Bidwell and Annie Bidwell from late 1868 until 1900, when Gen. Bidwell died. Annie continued to live there until her death in 1918.
5.1 miSE
Bridge
Honey Run Covered Bridge, Chico
131 min walk • Honey Run Covered Bridge was a wooden covered bridge crossing Butte Creek, in Butte County, northern California. It was located on Honey Run Road at Centerville Road, about halfway in between Chico and Paradise, until it was destroyed in the Camp Fire on November 8, 2018.
4.2 miSW
Neo-renaissance architecture
Chico Midtown Station, Chico
108 min walk • The Chico Midtown Station is a United States Postal Service office in downtown Chico, California. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was designed in Renaissance Revival style by J.W. Roberts and Oscar Wenderoth.
1.9 miNE
Park
Bidwell Park, Chico
50 min walk • Bidwell Park is a municipal park located in Chico, California. The park was established July 10, 1905, through the donation by Annie Bidwell, widow of Chico's founder, John Bidwell, of approximately 2,500 acres of land to the City of Chico.
4.3 miSW
39°43'46"N • 121°50'31"W
Chico Museum, Chico
109 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum
4.2 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Augustine of Canterbury Anglican Church, Chico
108 min walk • St. Augustine of Canterbury Anglican Church is a historic church at 230 Salem Street in the South Campus Neighborhood of Chico, California, United States. It was built in 1905 at the southeast corner of West Fifth and Broadway Streets in Downtown Chico.
4.1 miSW
39°43'5"N • 121°49'8"W
Orient & Flume Art Glass, Chico
106 min walk • Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
3.1 miS
Shopping, Shopping centre
Chico Marketplace, Chico
80 min walk • Chico Marketplace, formerly Chico Mall, is an enclosed shopping mall in Chico, California. Opened in 1988, it features J. C. Penney and Dick's Sporting Goods as its anchor stores.
4.4 miSW
Gothic Revival architecture, Greek Revival architecture
A. H. Chapman House, Chico
113 min walk • The A. H. Chapman House at 256 E. 12th St. in Chico, California was built in 1859. It has also been known as "Little Chapman Mansion". It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It corresponds to a published house plan designed by architect Andrew Jackson Downing.
4.4 miSW
Neighbourhood
South Campus Neighborhood, Chico
113 min walk • The South Campus Historic District is a historic district in Chico, California which was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 through efforts of the Chico Heritage Association.